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| Posted: 08 May 2011 05:43 AM PDT  By Noel Penaflor (WARNING. SPOILERS. A LOT OF THEM. MAYBE NOT TOO MANY, CONSIDERING I HAVEN'T REALLY SEEN THE MOVIE. SO DON'T CRY IF YOU DIDN'T REALLY WANT TO KNOW THAT THING ABOUT THAT PART IN THOR THAT HAPPENS IN MINUTE 30. BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT. AND WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE AND THE LIVES AROUND YOU FOREVER. NOT ALL OF YOU WILL MAKE IT OUT OF THE THEATER WITH YOUR LIMBS INTACT DUE TO THIS REVELATION. THANKS. AND STAY THE HELL AWAY FROM SOMETHING BORROWED. YOU WERE GOING TO ANYWAY. NEVER MIND THEN. HOPE YOUR MOM'S DOING WELL BECAUSE IT'S MOTHER'S DAY AND YOU REALLY SHOULD CALL HER ONCE IN A WHILE BECAUSE SHE MISSES YOU A LOT.) After seeing the trailer(s) to Thor late last year, I didn't think it looked all that promising. Why? Because it's about a guy (sorry, god) who fights with a really big hammer and has a hat with feathers. While that may work in a comic book, its translation to live action may just end up goofy. On the positive side, I do remember thinking Thor could be good... in comparison to Captain America. Why? Because he's dressed like an American Flag, and while that might work in comic book, its transla... you get the idea [...]            |
| Comic Review: Walt Simonson’s The Mighty Thor Omnibus Posted: 07 May 2011 04:05 PM PDT  The Mighty Thor Omnibus Hardcover Written by Walt Simonson Drawn by Walt Simonson and Sal Buscema 1192 pages Marvel Comics Release Date: April 27, 2011 Whether it is a man dressed like a bat, a military super-soldier, or an Amazonian woman of wonder, superhero stories are essentially modern day myths. Of stories of modern day gods that roam the Earth, there is no hero more godly than the God of Thunder himself, Thor. With the Thor movie out in theaters and Odin's son playing a prominent role in the Avengers movie, it seemed only appropriate that Marvel would come out with The Mighty Thor Omnibus [...]      |
| Posted: 07 May 2011 01:23 PM PDT  Skullkickers #7 Five Funerals and a Bucket of Blood, Part 1 Story by Jim Zub Art by Edwin Huang, Misty Coates Cover by Chris Stevens Variant cover by Steven Cummings and Espen Grundetjern Image Comics Price: $2.99 Street Date: May 25, 2011 How could you not love a comic book with a name like Skullkickers? It does bring up images of thick, steel-toed boots bashing in brains, splattering them onto the pavement, doesn't it? Well, if that's what you're expecting, it's not what you're going to get. Skullkickers is a fantasy series, obviously heavily influenced visually and creatively by World of Warcraft and the Final Fantasy video game series. The story revolves around a pair of monster hunters: an alcoholic dwarf with an axe and a stoic bald warrior with a revolver. In the first six issues, the good Skullkickers are forced to travel from the village of Mudwich to do battle with necromancers, demons, living corpses, and giant primordial demon lords. As Five Funerals and a Bucket of Blood Part 1 opens in Skullkickers #7, the Skullkickers return to Mudwich celebrated heroes only to become wanted fugitives, embroiled in an assassination plot against the city's nobility by a pointy-eared elfin killer and a pair of murderous fairies [...]      |
| Posted: 07 May 2011 09:26 AM PDT Thor Directed by Kenneth Branagh Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Anthony Hopkins, Natalie Portman, Stellan Skarsgard, Kat Dennings, Tom Hiddleston, Clark Gregg, Idris Elba Release Date: May 6, 2011 "Can I come home?" Rarely do we hear these words come from a man of enormous stature. It is hard to conceive a man who hasn't felt the anguish of defeat utter these words while in a state of utter helplessness. It is only right that we become even more incredulous when we have a God asking "Can I come home?" Thor, the long blond-haired hammer-pounding God of Thunder, and zealously worshipped during the Viking Age of what is referred to as Norse mythology, has become overwhelmed by the time he asks the dejected question. Prior to this Thor (Chris Hemsworth) has endured brutal battles occurring in the magical realm of Asgard. He has dealt with familial angst between his father and King of Asgard, Odin (Anthony Hopkins) and his brother, Loki (Tom Hiddleston). But all has taken an immense toll on Thor and he is unable to maintain any kind of emotional balance, causing his potency and permanence as a war-thirsty God to become less formidable. Instead, he is rendered humble, disconsolate, and love stricken. A once-fierce God enjoying the pleasures of immortality, Thor needs to redefine his life as he suffers, emotionally and physically, the uncomfortable truths of mortality [...]      |
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